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Big Brother 2016 Spoilers, Results, and News NetworkWed, 07 Dec 2016 16:28:55 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.132582354‘Big Brother Over The Top’ Winner Revealed – Finale Resultshttp://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-winner-2016-finale-results/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-winner-2016-finale-results/#commentsFri, 02 Dec 2016 01:50:05 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=54299We’re kicking off tonight’s finale of Big Brother Over The Top at 8PM ET as we await Julie Chen’s announcement for the season winner and runner-up among Jason, Kryssie, and Morgan. Will your favorite take home the crown?

BBOTT delivered a whole new way to watch Big Brother with practically a behind the scenes approach to the season with more exposure to the game than fans have ever seen before. Now it comes to a close with a live show featuring all of the season’s cast and our Big Brother host, Julie.

Viewers voted for two days to cap off two months of voting on nearly every aspect of the game including nominations, Have-Nots, special Care Packages, and even who should be the evicted HG each week. Now we get the results of the most important vote of the entire fall season: who will win it all.

Before we got to the final voting results, Julie announces that Kryssie came in third place so she was evicted and comes out to the front for an interview with Julie Chen. Kryssie gets to be the only HG of the series for a live, post-eviction interview with Julie. Now it’s time to find out who wins and gets $250,000 and who gets second place with a prize of $25,000.

Big Brother Over The Top Finale Results:

Winner: Morgan

Runner-up: Jason

Congrats to Morgan Willet on her win! Julie Chen announced the lead went back and forth multiple times in the past 24 hours and came within 20,000 votes of each other (at 20 votes each day that difference could have been decided as few as 1,000 fans today!) and the closest vote in the game. Wow!

After the results are revealed and the show is over we’ll get the Backyard Interviews with Jeff Schroeder. CBS’s announcement for that said it’d be on FacebookLive so we’ll have to see if it’s also on the Feeds or if we’ll have to go over to FB to find it.

With tonight’s end of Big Brother OTT we’ll be about six months out from the debut of Big Brother 19, a much needed rest after nearly six months of concurrent Big Brother coverage already. This spring we’ll be covering BBCAN as well for those truly dedicated BB fans and I’m sure we’ll have a smattering of Big Brother alumni updates in the off-season.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-winner-2016-finale-results/feed/27054299Big Brother OTT: Final 3 Make Their ‘Live Pleas’ [VIDEO]http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-ott-2016-final-3-live-pleas/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-ott-2016-final-3-live-pleas/#commentsThu, 01 Dec 2016 18:15:33 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=54292You still have a few more hours to get your votes in for the winner of Big Brother Over The Top, but if you haven’t quite decided which way to vote then maybe you need to watch the Final Pleas from the Final 3 Houseguests.

CBS has released their videos for your chance to listen to a few minutes from each as they make their case for your votes so be sure to check out how each of them summarized their season of gameplay and gave the reasons why they should be the one to take home the prize money.

Presented in the order of their delivery, as decided by the order in which each HG secured his or her spot in the Final 3. And as a reminder, voting ends today at 4PM ET.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-ott-2016-final-3-live-pleas/feed/2054292America’s Vote: Who Should Win Big Brother Over The Top? [POLL]http://bigbrothernetwork.com/americas-vote-who-should-win-big-brother-over-the-top-2016/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/americas-vote-who-should-win-big-brother-over-the-top-2016/#commentsWed, 30 Nov 2016 16:00:41 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=54263Voting is now open to decide who will win Big Brother Over The Top as the Final 3 was decided last night when Justin was evicted and Morgan joined Jason and Kryssie for the finale.

Now it is time for viewers to decide which of those last three Houseguests will be the one to hold the crown and walk away with $250,000 during Thursday night’s season finale. Who will you pick to win the season? Details below on how to vote for the winner of BBOTT.

Voting is open at cbs.com from now (11AM ET) until Thursday 4PM ET (1PM PT) which crosses two calendar days so you should have 20 votes today (Wednesday) and another 20 votes tomorrow (Thursday), if things go as normal, so don’t wait until tomorrow to start voting.

Tonight at 7PM ET / 4PM PT (Note: these times are different from CBS’s initial announcement of 8PM ET) the F3 HGs will be making their Final Pleas live on the Feeds so you’ll want to tune in there and see what they have to say in case you’re still undecided. If you already know how you want to vote then there’s no reason to wait.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/americas-vote-who-should-win-big-brother-over-the-top-2016/feed/11254263Who Should Win ‘Big Brother Over The Top’? [Analysis]http://bigbrothernetwork.com/who-should-win-big-brother-over-the-top-2016/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/who-should-win-big-brother-over-the-top-2016/#commentsWed, 30 Nov 2016 14:00:57 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=54210We officially have our Big Brother Over The Top final 3! Either Jason, Kryssie or Morgan will soon become the first winner of BBOTT.

For some, this might not be the most ideal or deserving final 3, but like any season of Big Brother, if you make it to the end, you’ve done something right along the way. So it’s time once again to take a look at the finalists and see who should actually win this thing. We’ll be looking at competition wins, strategy and moves — all the usual Big Brother stuff it takes to capture that prize money at the end. And please keep in mind, we’ll only be looking at game play and fan influence. We will not be considering who talked the most shit or who wiped boogers on whose belongings.

Since Jason was the first person in the final 3, we’ll go ahead and start with him.

Jason Roy

As you all know, Jason was voted into the BBOTT house by America. He’s the superfan-turned-vet who first played in Season 17. He came into the game with a huge target on his back and was officially the house’s first target. But after a veto win and some maneuvering, Jason got the target off his back for awhile. During those idle weeks, Jason developed his core alliance all while keeping himself tied to the other side by way of Scott and Alex.

Everyone knew it was a huge risk to keep Jason around, but they did it anyway. And every time Jason was sure to go home, he stepped up and saved himself or America reached out a helping hand. And that brings me to my next point. Did America help Jason get to the end? Sort of. But Jason got no more help than anyone else in the game. The America’s Vote outcomes were pretty divided among both sides of the house. Alex, Shelby and Morgan got as much help as Jason, Kryssie and Justin did. So there’s little to fault Jason with there.

I think Jason has played a pretty solid game. He may have crossed the line a few times when it comes to good sportsmanship, but this is the world we live in now. Look around on social media and you’ll, see that our world isn’t the kindest at the moment. I’m not going to fault Jason for wiping a booger on someone’s belongings. Should he have done that? No way. Should that mean he loses BBOTT? Absolutely not.

Jason’s Competition wins: 3 vetoes, 1 HOH (plus America’s co-HOH)

Kryssie Ridolfi

It’s hard to think about anything other than the veto competition that Kryssie gave up on. That’s all most people can think of when they ask themselves if Kryssie deserves to be in the final 3, much less win. I get that. It wasn’t what most of us look for in a BB player. And then there’s the whole insisting on getting Jason to the end thing.

Loyalty is awesome, but surely she knows she can’t beat Jason, right? Part of me thinks she knows he’d end up in the end anyway and she just didn’t want to come off as a disloyal person. Of course that’s neither here nor there, though, because she had no say and Jason ended up taking her to the end.

The best talking points for Kryssie would be the early target she shook off and aligning with the right people at the right times. Kryssie was definitely an early target as Scott wanted her out badly. But she managed to shrink that target and look where she is now. Another strong point in her game is how she worked people when she needed to. She actually had Morgan and Shelby pretty convinced she was going to work with them over her season-long allies. I’m not sure that really helped Kryssie much, but it was at least some pretty solid game play.

Kryssie’s Competition wins: 1 HOH

Morgan Willett

I definitely never thought I’d be writing about Morgan at this point in the game, but here we are. And if we’re being completely honest here, Morgan is the last one from her alliance, not because she has been that good at the game, but because she was the weakest of her alliance. Alex, Shelby, and even Whitney, outplayed her all season and she just happened to be the one left over.

That being said, Morgan won a couple of times when she had to. Her latest win was what got her in the final 3, but she was up against an asthmatic Justin who never paid attention to anything that happened in the game all season, so there was no way he was winning that competition — not to slight her win or anything, because she earned her spot in the finale. And that is more than you can say about Kryssie who was hand-picked by Jason for her spot.

It gets a little murky here when I try to compare Morgan and Kryssie. Both were kind of the same player in their respective alliances. Both won an HOH and both won a Care Package ONLY to help out a better-liked alliance member. Morgan saved herself from the block while Kryssie had slightly better strategy. So Morgan and Kryssie sort of tie in this analysis.

First of all, let me explain the scorecards since that seems to be what readers always get hung up on (and by hung up on I mean angry). This season I ditched the “control” portion since America had more control than anyone. I replaced it with Fan Help, which is America’s help.

This season’s social games sucked. But these guys didn’t really have to worry about it as much as there is no jury and no jury vote at the end. Almost no one branched out from their alliances this season. And while that made for a fantastically divided house, it wasn’t exactly smart. Jason edges out the other two here as he was the only one from an alliance smart enough to work alliances on the other side earlier in the game. Justin had Whitney, but that was barely an alliance. And we know Kryssie never spoke to the other side until the end of the game, and the same can be said for Morgan.

As, for strategy, Jason clearly wins on that one. He never stopped playing this season. He always had a plan for what was happening in the moment and for later down the road. He knew which of his alliance members were detrimental to his game and which would help him at the end. Kryssie didn’t have much going on strategically and sort of followed Jason and Danielle’s leads. The same can be said for Morgan, as she followed Alex and Shelby’s leads.

Now we look at Fan Help. This is where you’d want to have a lower score on your BB resume. But since this was a huge part of the BBOTT format, we can’t really fault the HGs too much here. Sure, someone getting to the end with no help from America would be a huge point to make. But that doesn’t really apply here. From the start, Jason had an unfair advantage with his built-in fanbase, but it didn’t take long for Alex and Shelby to pass him up in popularity.

In the end, America’s involvement was pretty even (though leaned a little more toward Shelby), but Jason did benefit slightly more than the other two in the final 3. Kryssie’s Care Package kept him safe, as did his Co-HOH. Morgan got the veto handed to her by America, which was basically to save Shelby, but she benefited from it as well. Kryssie seemingly benefited the least from fan help.

So now that I’ve established that the Fan Help portion doesn’t really mean much, let’s tie this up.

It’s clear based on the scorecards and the above breakdowns that Jason is the clear winner here. He played the best game, he won the most competitions and he made the smartest moves thorough the game. And he did all of that with a HUGE target on his back. America might have stepped in and gave him a hand a couple of times, but you did the same for Morgan’s side of the house. And there was a point in the game where Jason was no longer the fan-favorite (Alex and Shelby took the reigns) and America wasn’t going to save him. And that’s when the others missed their opportunity.

So in the end, I’d give the win to Jason. And even though there should be no actual reason why Jason wouldn’t win, I guess Morgan would be my next choice. But just barely.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/who-should-win-big-brother-over-the-top-2016/feed/4454210‘Big Brother Over The Top’ Spoilers: Who Did Jason Pick For Final 3?http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-spoilers-who-did-jason-pick-final-3/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-spoilers-who-did-jason-pick-final-3/#commentsSat, 26 Nov 2016 21:05:53 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=54197The Big Brother Over The Top Final 3 came one step closer this afternoon when Jason Roy named one Houseguest to join him in the finale, a perk from his win in the first part of the final series of competitions.

Julie had previously revealed to the Houseguests that things would be playing out a little differently on BBOTT than they’re used to with the Big Brother finale and this was certainly a departure, but definitely an interesting one as well. So who did Jason decide to take with him?

No surprises here. Jason informed the Houseguests that he was trying to decide between “game long loyalties” versus “smart, end game decisions” and his decision is to take Kryssie Ridolfi on to the end. If you missed it, you can Flashback to 1:01 PM BBT to watch it again.

All hope is not lost for Justin Duncan and Morgan Willett though. They’ll have one last chance to join the F3 with the final competition of the season during Tuesday night’s episode (starting at 8PM ET / 5PM PT) and the winner there will move on to America’s Vote for the winner of BBOTT. The loser heads home with no chance at the quarter million dollar prize.

This was a good pick by Jason for his best chances at the end. He may be afraid Justin is too popular with the viewers though he’s been presenting a case of general dislike for Justin over the past few days, a departure from their season long friendship.

As for Morgan versus Justin, I don’t think this is a sure thing for Morgan as that last Veto comp we saw Justin demolish Morgan’s performance. If someone gets flustered this could swing things in either direction. We’ll have to wait and see.

What do you think of Jason’s choice of Kryssie? Was there a better option with either Justin or Morgan? Share your thoughts.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-spoilers-who-did-jason-pick-final-3/feed/4754197‘Big Brother Over The Top’: LNJ Turns On Justin In Final 3 Planshttp://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-lnj-turns-on-justin-duncan-final-3-plans/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-lnj-turns-on-justin-duncan-final-3-plans/#commentsFri, 25 Nov 2016 16:00:27 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=54189The Final Four Houseguests on Big Brother Over The Top enjoyed their Thanksgiving Day thanks to production pulling together a meal for them to cook, but that turkey wasn’t the only thing being roasted in the house yesterday.

After Jason’s win in the first part of the Final 3 competition we knew he had secured a spot in the finale for a chance at America’s Vote. Over the past two days we’ve listened in on more conversations revealing what Jason is planning and so far that doesn’t sound good for Justin.

It didn’t take long after the first challenge was over for Jason to start talking about his reasons for not wanting Justin in the finale. After a season of working with Justin it looks like Jason is done with him. And not just done with him, but plenty of disparaging comments to go along with it. Kryssie, who would love a free ride to the finale, has joined the pile-on against Justin and Morgan wasn’t far behind either.

If you Flashback to around 5PM BBT on Thursday (11/24) you’ll find Jason, Morgan, and Kryssie holding a group discussion about their issues with Justin who is outside playing pool. There are complaints about his belief in his chances to win, his style of gameplay, and his down attitude that day. Overall it’s not good for Justin’s chances of Jason picking him for the F3 spot. We’re expecting that decision to be revealed Saturday afternoon on the Feeds.

Justin isn’t in the dark here either. Wednesday night after the competition ended Justin was spotted alone in the storage room where he announced to the camera that he was “f**ked.” Maybe for Jason’s pick, but Justin has had his own strong performances that could give Morgan a run for the money.

There will be just one more competition on Tuesday night to go along with the live show. If Jason picks Kryssie, as I expect, then it’ll be Justin and Morgan facing off in this last comp to decide who makes it to the F3 and who goes home one step short.

Justin has beat Morgan before and if it’s a physical comp then I’d expect him to have a strong chance. Morgan would likely outplay him in a mental comp if it’s events focused. Speaking of, Kryssie has offered to help Morgan study in case of that situation. That should tell us all we need to know about how Kryssie and Jason want this F3 to end up. What a strange way to watch the LNJ end their season.

Things have slowed down considerably in the Big Brother house and with just one more competition to go there won’t be much drama outside the waiting game. We’ll keep watching and report on any major happenings, but for now keep your eyes on these last few events:

Saturday – Jason makes his F3 pick at 4PM ET (1PM PT)

Tuesday – Last recap episode 8PM ET (5PM PT) + F3 Part 2 comp

Wednesday – Viewer voting (exact days/times TBD)

Thursday – Season Finale 8PM ET (5PM PT)

Big Brother Over The Top is coming to a close along with a string of more than five months of Big Brother. Who do you hope to see crowned the winner?

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-over-the-top-lnj-turns-on-justin-duncan-final-3-plans/feed/5654189‘Big Brother 18’ Live Feeds: Drinks Come Out But Did The Truth Follow Too?http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-3-drinks-and-truth/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-3-drinks-and-truth/#commentsMon, 19 Sep 2016 19:00:07 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=50658You’ve got to watch what you say in the Big Brother house which makes drinking a potentially dangerous situation to be in especially when you’re this close to the finish line. So what happened when you mixed booze with this season’s Finale 3?

After a good round of drinking and fun for the F3 we saw James head inside to grab some pizza leaving Paul and Nicole alone to start ranting and raving over James and his efforts to be dragged on to F2.

Flashback to 10:15 PM BBT 9/18 Cams 3/4 to find Paul and Nicole alone in the hammock both with a wine filled glass in hand and a little bit of tipsy-ness to go with it.

Paul starts by telling Nicole how James told him if he (Paul) takes him to the F2 then Paul is a sure win. Nicole says James is trying to tell her the same thing but believes that if either of them takes James then James will win over them.

Nicole retells Paul about her conversation earlier with James where she went down the memwall and marked off Da’Vonne, Bridgette, Michelle, and Natalie as four votes in his favor, just to start, if she took James to F2. Now I’d disagree with some of those, but that appears to be what Nicole thinks at this time.

Nicole says she thinks she can get Michelle’s vote over Paul since he called Michelle the c-word. There’s also her concern that Natalie’s extended stay in the Jury gave her enough time to sway others in his favor and she doesn’t want to go against that. She again suggests that James could beat her if she takes him to F2.

Paul cuts in and wants Nicole to know that he’s not taking Nicole to F2 because he thinks he can beat her but because he wants her in F2 instead of James. Like I’ve said repeatedly, Paul seriously does not respect James’s game this season and won’t let him get near any prize money in the F2. Paul tells Nicole that he does think his chances are better against her than against James as are hers against him than James.

As Nicole continues on telling him about her talks with Corey she’s giving Paul a lot of credit. Paul says that worries him because he fears she’s going to suddenly decide that she can’t take a risk of having him with her at the end. Nicole counters him saying she’s of the mindset “to be the best, you have to beat the best, and I think Paul is the best. That’s my motto.” She’s said that phrase before in talks with Corey so this wouldn’t be a new stance for her. Personally, I’d gladly take a win over Victoria instead of going up against Derrick any day of the year, but $500K is $500K to me!

Nicole says that even going up against “the best” as she says she considers Paul to be, she does think she has a chance against him. She lists off Michelle and Day as potential flip votes while again suggesting James would start out only needing one more vote.

Then comes another potentially revealing moment. Nicole tells Paul that if she took James and lost to him she could never forgive herself, but if she takes Paul and loses to him then she’d be willing to admit that she’d have voted for Paul too. Hmm. Interesting. “I’m not going to lose to someone who I don’t think deserves…” says Nicole as she trails off. “I would never take [James] because if I lost to him I’d be pissed,” she adds.

The pair starts to loop around as Nicole goes back to her talk with James earlier and the votes he has in his pocket to start. Both again agree that their best shot is to go to the end against one another rather than James before James comes back a few minutes later.

The dynamic between these two seems very genuine and is convincing me more and more that Nicole is now planning to take Paul just as Paul has been planning to take Nicole to F2. Watch how she’s been talking with James versus these sorts of talks with Paul. If Nicole is lying here then she deserves an Oscar along with the Big Brother 18 crown which I do think she’d get if she took James, but not Paul.

What do you think of the exchange here? Is Nicole pulling the wool over Paul’s eyes even more than we’d seen before or is she being sincere in this exchange saying that James doesn’t deserve a seat in the F2? What do you think will happen when the final HoH is revealed?

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-3-drinks-and-truth/feed/26950658Big Brother 18 Final 2: Who Should Win? Season Stats & Strategyhttp://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-2-who-should-win-season-stats-strategy/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-2-who-should-win-season-stats-strategy/#commentsMon, 19 Sep 2016 16:00:46 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=50627It’s Big Brother 18 finale week, and one of three final houseguests will be crowned the latest winner after a summer of twists, turns and a lot of drama.

We’ve got Paul, the motormouth bearded newbie who played the underdog’s game. Then there’s Nicole, the houseguest twice cast as the girl next door, who spent the summer in a showmance and playing her game mostly behind the scenes. And there’s James. The former America’s Favorite Player who played about 1 percent of Big Brother 18 and spent the rest of the time pulling pranks and chasing what may or may not have been an actual showmance.

In other words, we’ve got quite an interesting final 3 and I’ve got a very strong opinion on who should and shouldn’t win. So let’s get to my analysis.

James Huling

I have nothing good to say about James’ game this season. Arguably one of the most undeserving players to ever make it to the final 3, he not only played a non-existent game, he spent a lot of the summer spoiling the fun for viewers by blowing up blindsides and making unpopular decisions. But this isn’t about who pissed us off the most this season, it’s about who played the best game and deserves to win. I’m here to say that it’s not James.

He had a decent social game starting out, but then he just spent the rest of the summer talking about being America’s favorite and playing house with Natalie. And by playing house I mean bickering like co-dependent high school sweethearts.

James promises (via the Live Feeds) that after the season he’s going to let us in on his strategy. What strategy?Sure he threw some competitions, but I actually watched him try to win a few and he couldn’t do it. And standing the longest along a wall isn’t that impressive, so what he did win doesn’t really spice up his resume much. He did manage to stay of the block for most of the season, so something can be said for that. I’m still trying to figure out what that something I could say is though. I mean with Derrick in Big Brother 16, that was an impressive part of his game. But James just managed to squeak by every week.

Does James deserve to win Big Brother 18? No. Not at all. He doesn’t even deserve to be the runner-up.

Can James win Big Brother 18. Yes. I know it sounds crazy, but he could pull together enough votes depending on how the jury is leaning. I don’t think he could beat Paul, but there’s a small possibility that he could beat Nicole.

Nicole Franzel

Nicole is hard to analyze. On one hand, it would appear she didn’t do anything most of the game except turn on people that would have had her back. But she’s in the final 3, so she did something right. Unlike James, she didn’t just end up there. It took some work on her part.

Sure it’s hard to overlook the fact that most of the summer was spent in that corner bed with Corey, but she aligned herself with strong guys and managed to not get herself clipped for a typical brofest.

I admit that I probably didn’t give Nicole enough credit on her strategy, but that’s because I don’t understand it yet. Maybe I will understand eventually, or maybe there just wasn’t much to understand. It seemed to me that she was more concerned with how cute Corey was than with playing the game.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-2-who-should-win-season-stats-strategy/feed/15950627‘Big Brother 18’ Final HoH Round 2 Awaits Houseguests Todayhttp://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-hoh-round-2-awaits-houseguests/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-hoh-round-2-awaits-houseguests/#commentsFri, 16 Sep 2016 17:30:53 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=50526The Big Brother 18’s Final 3 Houseguests are tucked away waiting on their last big chances to compete and win their way to the Final 2 on finale night next Wednesday, Sept. 28th. Round 2 of that final HoH is anticipated to arrive later today.

Update: The competition got off to a very late start at just before 11PM BBT. Awaiting results.

We’ve been listening in on the Houseguests as they plan their next moves and study for the competition ahead. Read on for the latest details of what we know and what we expect to happen.

The past recent seasons have delivered a combined physical and mental competition in Round 2 and these are rarely “easy” challenges but after losing in the first round the remaining two players have no other choice if they want the chance to control their own destiny.

Paul won the first round and that means Nicole and James will face off here in the second competition. Paul has been working hard to encourage Nicole and get her ready while trying to distract and dissuade James from winning. That might not be an issue since James has already joked to Nicole that he may end up maxing out on the comp’s time limit. Meet the new Victoria.

Over the past few years this competition has been held on this same Friday night so I’m expecting that same schedule again this round. It’ll most likely be an individual competition and it’s not necessarily fast so we could be waiting a few hours for the results once the Feeds go down.

Here’s a look back at the last three season’s worth of the final HoH Round 2 competitions to give you an idea of what Nicole and James could end up facing tonight.

During BB15 Andy and Spencer had to climb a giant wall amid an underwater setting and arrange the season’s evictions for Round 2. Mental challenge was low but physical was high with all that climbing. Andy demolished Spencer in the challenge.

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In BB16 Derrick and Victoria faced off in “BBgypt” where they had to climb up the giant wall again but this year they had to arrange the final nominees from each week. This one was a harder mental challenge since you had to know twice as much and not screw up with the original noms vs any renoms of the week. No surprise in the results where Derrick swept it away from Victor.

Round 2 of BB17 pitted Steve against Liz and while the monster climbing wall was back this time they had to complete a crossword puzzle while also figuring out the answers. I’d say this one was an even higher mental challenge level with the same physical difficulty as the others. Steve won here.

So what will the Big Brother 18 Round 2 deliver? I think we can safely expect the wall but who knows on just what the mental aspect of it will be. Could be something about the original BB18 teams since that’s unique to the season or maybe another puzzle like last year. Either way, I’m giving the edge to Nicole over James for this round.

Nicole has performed very well on mental comps especially when compared to James who admits this won’t be an easy battle for him to win. I really do expect her to steal this one away from James and move on with Paul to the third round, but there’s always a chance Nicole gets hung up on something in the puzzle and the win could go to James.

What do you think will happen in the Final HoH Round 2 competition? Will James pull off the upset or does Nicole have this on lockdown? Is it time for something different from the walls of the recent years on this challenge? Share your thoughts and get ready for tonight’s results.

]]>http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-final-hoh-round-2-awaits-houseguests/feed/21250526‘Big Brother 18’ Live Feeds: Nicole Franzel Working Her Final 2 Dealshttp://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-nicole-franzel-working-final-two-deals/
http://bigbrothernetwork.com/big-brother-18-nicole-franzel-working-final-two-deals/#commentsThu, 15 Sep 2016 19:15:07 +0000http://bigbrothernetwork.com/?p=50481Last night when the first round of the Final Big Brother 18 HoH comp was over we saw more wheeling and dealing between the Houseguests as one seat in the third round had been filled and it was time for the other two HGs to make sure they were feeling good about their chances for reaching the Final 2.

Nicole is working hard on her deals with both Paul and James to put her nicely in the middle of the path to the finale showdown as one of her opponents is definitely taking her and the other one seems likely to make that move, but nothing is guaranteed so it was time for Nicole to get to work last night.

Nicole says it looked like James threw the comp and Paul says James was certainly acting like he did but he doesn’t believe it since physical, not mental comps, are James’s specialty. Nicole asks Paul to not help James study for R2 and Paul says he definitely won’t be doing that. He wants James to lose R2.

Paul doesn’t like James’s game play style one bit and has said repeatedly over the past few weeks that he doesn’t want James to make it to the F2. We heard the night before that Paul and Nicole made a F2 deal, but later it sounded like this was a one-way agreement as Nicole told Corey she’d take James over Paul. Here we have Nicole talking more with Paul about that F2 deal and she’s convincing in the talk, but I’m not convinced she won’t flip on Paul and take James to the end.

Nicole suggests that James may be trying to throw all the comps with the expectation that they’d both take him to F2. Paul has told Nicole he’s blowing smoke up James’s rear with that promise, but Nicole hasn’t been telling Paul that so he questions why James would think she’d do that. Well, Nicole and James have had those talks, so that’d be why, but Nicole suggests it’s because James thinks she doesn’t like Paul. Nicole suggests that she has never told James she wasn’t taking Paul, but I’m thinking that’s not truthful there. At least it definitely wasn’t honest by the end of the night.

“I told you my plan three days ago. This is my plan. Let’s finish the plan, win this game, and keep [James] in the middle where he belongs,” Paul tells Nicole to assure her he’s taking her and not James to the F2 if he wins R3. They shake on it again and Nicole says, “let’s do this.”

Nicole again asks Paul not to help James study and Paul asks her why would he help James study? Again supporting that he does not want to see James in R3. I believe him. They both say they’re putting their “life in your hands.” Their talk breaks up after just about three minutes as they don’t want to risk being caught by James coming back.

Now move ahead to 12:35 AM BBT to find James with Nicole while Paul is in the DR.

James tells Nicole that if he loses this next round then he’s going to “be at the mercy of you and Paul.” Nicole replies, “well you don’t have to worry. I think it’s pretty obvious who I’m going to take [to F2]. So, that’s not even a question.” “So really, I just need to throw it to you, huh?” asks James. What? Why would that even be a plan? You should try to win and then hope the back up plan works. Unless he’s saying there’s no way he can beat Paul in the third round. Well, maybe that’s true, but those are wild card questions sometimes and can be hard to be completely sure on the right answers.

Nicole tells him she would “1000% never consider any other option.” James says that would make it a pretty easy comp then and “don’t worry, I can max out [on the time limit] on a puzzle.” Nicole again says she’d 1000% take James. “The two vets,” says James and Nicole agrees.

So there we go. Nicole is working her F2 deals to make sure she’s right in the middle of the situation which she appears to be which is funny because James thinks he’s squarely in the middle. He’s not and we know Paul won’t take him, but I think Nicole may be pretty tempted to make that move. It’s good positioning by Nicole and true or not with James she only has to keep it up another day or so with the second round expected on Friday and I expect her to whoop him good in that comp.

If Nicole wins then her and Paul can both continue to tell James whatever they want, but the real decision will be made by one of them on finale night depending on who wins the third round to cast the last eviction vote.

What do you think will happen? Will either Paul or Nicole flip on their F2 deal and take James instead? Will James pull off a surprise win in R2 and face Paul in R3? Or will James do what James does best and take a dive in the comp to set up what he thinks is a guaranteed ride to the F2 no matter which person wins in R3? Share your thoughts below!